Chapters tagged survival

Introduction by Sixth

Chapter 1

The jungle outside the smoking remains of the crashed spaceship teemed with life. Charred metal was strewn through the exotic undergrowth. The automatic fire suppressant system slowly oozed to a stop, those robotic arms which had survived Galileo 12's impacted into the uncharted...

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Ship mechanic Joshua Harding by Sixth

Chapter 2

The humidity was nearly impossible to bare. The clammy heat engulfed Josh as he scrambled free from the wreckage. He was not sure how long he had been for but he was sure everyone else in the Galileo 12 was dead. He had been at the back of the small spacecraft when it...

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Makeshift machete by Sixth

Chapter 4

Josh reached for his belt. He knew he had several blades in there. The straight edge was exactly what he was looking for - in theory it was there to help him cut through the thick plastic covering of power cables. It took a while to hack a length of wood with the blade. The b...

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Forget the belt, what about water? by Sixth

Chapter 3

Josh was certain the single biggest challenge he faced right now was staying alive in the apparently harsh environment. Being able to fix mechanical problems wasn't even a factor. He dropped his belt back into the crashed space craft and rooted around the smoking remains for rati...

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Share the watering hole by Sixth

Chapter 4

Alice edged closer to the watering hole. Some of the bugs instantly took the air, breaking off their drinking to fly to safe height above Alice's head. The furry red primates, none of them high enough to reach her knee, stayed by the clear water although a few of them gaze her qu...

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South - into the territory of the wolfking by Sixth

Chapter 3

South. It was a good a direction as any other. Already the pistol felt heavy at her hip and the laser rifle seemed to catch on every other vine she pushed past. Experience and instinct told her to keep the weapons. Although she hadn't seen anything larger than the scorpions the...

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The red scaled thug by Sixth

Chapter 5

When Alice woke up she was not alone. The thumping echoed out from the back of the cave. It sounded like wet tearing and rending. It sounded horrible. For a few minutes Alice did not move. She wanted to make certain her position had not been comprised. She needed to make s...

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Missing daughter Rachael Swift by Sixth

Chapter 2

Rae hadn't been so scared since the accident that took the life of her brother George. On that fateful day the shuttlecraft sent to pick him up from the trading vessel suddenly lost power just as it attempted to dock with the space station. She had watched from the bridge of the...

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No by Sixth

Chapter 4

"You don't need your arms for walking," Logan said as he gave Sarah a shove in the right direction. "Get going." She had only just risen to her feet. Sarah knew not to complain nor try her luck again. It would take time to win this rebel over but by the looks of things she wo...

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